[freeside] 1.2.3 released

[ivan]

As documented in htdocs/docs/install.html, you can use Perl's setuid
emulation or suEXEC, as well as mod_perl.

The best option is to run a separate iteration of the web server as the
Freeside user and use mod_perl, but it is also the most difficult to
configure - and mod_perl questions are not appropriate for the Freeside
mailing list.

On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 11:21:17AM -0800, Kirk Moore wrote:
> Ok heres the question...
> 
> This should be simple...
> 
> I set the User in Apache to freeside and it came right up... now... what is
> the easiest way to get this to work without the User tag set to freeside in
> httpd.conf file?
> 
> I can add information.. and everything seems to be working... I just have to
> solve this last little problem.
> 
> 
> --
> Kirk Moore
> Renton, Wa
> 
> 
> Black Holes are created when God divides by zero
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Walters [mailto:Brian at mylinuxisp.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 11:12 AM
> To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com
> Subject: RE: [freeside] 1.2.3 released
> 
> 
> Hey Tim and Kirk, actually the message was pointed to both of you but only
> in an effort to try to spin the list around into a better direction. I don't
> want Ivan to become discouraged with the project and give it up. When
> everyone started on the Net and when domains were registered really doesn't
> matter. In my experience, the folks who have some of the best talent right
> now are between 20-25 and don't really remember much about the net in 1985,
> I think they were between the Atari 2600 and Nintendo phase about then if I
> can remember the years correctly.
> 
> Anyhow, I'll make it a point to answer actual questions and not spout off
> about useless stuff. I'd be glad to help get a freeside system up for you
> guys, I've got to bring another one up for myself so I can look at 1.2.3
> prior to putting into production.
> 
> Brian Walters                                        281-494-UNIX(8649)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> www.MyLinuxISP.com                       A Friendly ISP for Linux Users
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kirk Moore [mailto:kmoore at aa.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 12:54 PM
> > To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com
> > Subject: RE: [freeside] 1.2.3 released
> >
> >
> > Tim,
> > It was directed at me.... I think... I started my first UUCP site in 85...
> > and start one of the First privately owned ISP's in Washington state.... I
> > am use to getting things to work..
> >
> > I am taking all the information that I can collecting to put something a
> > little more concrete together..... :) That is for written documentation.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kirk Moore
> > Renton, Wa
> >
> >
> > Black Holes are created when God divides by zero
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Jung [mailto:tjung at igateway.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:48 AM
> > To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com
> > Subject: Re: [freeside] 1.2.3 released
> >
> >
> > I wasn't complaining about a lack of features. I was commenting
> > on features
> > I would like the program to have and in comparison to other Linux billing
> > packages. I wanted to know what people thought of my list of
> > features. If I
> > am the only one who wants these then I know there probably is no point
> > posting the code back to the public since no one would use it.
> > But if there
> > is something I want and lots of others want it, then maybe I
> > should work on
> > that first ahead of other stuff and post the code back for
> > everyone to use.
> >
> > I work on 3 different Open Source projects, and I host a few Open Source
> > projects and web sites only some of which I am involved in currently. So I
> > do know how the Open Source community works, and I don't need a lecture on
> > it. I see your domain was registered just last year in August of 1999. I
> > started my second and current ISP in December of 1995. So I have
> > been around
> > the block a few times.
> >
> > Tim Jung
> > System Admin
> > Internet Gateway Inc.
> > tjung at igateway.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brian Walters" <Brian at mylinuxisp.com>
> > To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:00 AM
> > Subject: RE: [freeside] 1.2.3 released
> >
> >
> > > This list seems to have become littered with folks who don't fully
> > > understand how these projects work. Ivan, let me say that I really like
> > > Freeside and I'm looking forward to looking at the new changes just as
> > soon
> > > as I get some downtime after our move.
> > >
> > > Folks, don't blame the Application for not being able to build the
> > database.
> > > It's a simple configuration issue somewhere. If you see a feature that
> > > Freeside doesn't have but some $10K program does, don't gripe about it.
> > Jump
> > > in and contribute. For those of you who don't have the
> > programming talent,
> > > just contribute money or something to a programmer that does. If I need
> > > improvements to an open source project I'll regularly pay one of my
> > contract
> > > programmers to do the mods if I can't do them myself, and then I'll
> > usually
> > > submit them back to the project so I don't have to maintain
> > them over new
> > > releases.
> > >
> > > I can promise everyone, it took perseverance to get Freeside 1.2.2
> > running,
> > > it wasn't an rpm you just installed and started using, but there are no
> > > secrets. You have the source code so it's pretty easy to figure
> > out where
> > > the program breaks when you are trying to install it. I will
> > admit that a
> > > little more info in the setup would be nice, but there aren't
> > any secrets
> > > missing.
> > >
> > > I don't want Ivan to get discouraged because the list members
> > just seem to
> > > gripe about everything. This program has great potential and has cost me
> > > very little in expenses and lost billings. Just a few months
> > ago we found
> > > out that our wonderful legislators in Texas got some hair
> > brained idea to
> > > not tax the first $25 of a person's internet bill each month,
> > and only tax
> > > 80% of server co-lo fees. It took approximately 2 hours to
> > adjust Freeside
> > > to handle the tax properly and now we are able to bill our customers
> > > correctly without having to issue any weird refunds like one commercial
> > > vendor recommended.
> > >
> > > Thanks for a great program Ivan!
> > >
> > > Brian Walters 281-494-UNIX(8649)
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > www.MyLinuxISP.com  A Friendly ISP for Linux Users
> >
> >
> 

-- 
meow
_ivan